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| Your comment on "virtual ground" page has got me wondering about the general quality of technical articles. Do you have examples of poor wiki entries? --] (]) 08:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC) | Your comment on "virtual ground" page has got me wondering about the general quality of technical articles. Do you have examples of poor wiki entries? --] (]) 08:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :==Misplaced Pages is like a "mercado libre" of information, or more like maybe a flea market. WFPM] (]) 03:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC) | :==Misplaced Pages is like a "mercado libre" of information, or more like maybe a flea market. WFPM] (]) 03:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC) | ||
| == D&S plugs and Wylex Plugs == | |||
| It may interest you to know that I was an electrician in the 1970's who regularly encounterd both D&S sockets and (more rarely) the Wylex sockets in many domestic instalations (The D&S plug almost exclusively in council accommodation. That D&S practically gave the sockets away to developers during the 50's and 60's was well documented at the time). I actually stocked both types of plug. Had you checked the disussion page, you would have discovered that the Wylex plug had been discussed independently of my efforts. | |||
| The D&S plug cost £3.95 at a time when standard 13 Amp plugs could be found for less than £1. The Wylex plugs (and I am having to strain my memory here) were IIRC around £2 to £2.50 a go, but I doubt we sold more than 4 or 5 a year. We sold several dozen D&S plugs a year being the only electrical store that stocked them in the area. ] (]) 13:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Your comment on "virtual ground" page has got me wondering about the general quality of technical articles. Do you have examples of poor wiki entries? --wikirpg (talk) 08:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
- ==Misplaced Pages is like a "mercado libre" of information, or more like maybe a flea market. WFPMWFPM (talk) 03:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
D&S plugs and Wylex Plugs
It may interest you to know that I was an electrician in the 1970's who regularly encounterd both D&S sockets and (more rarely) the Wylex sockets in many domestic instalations (The D&S plug almost exclusively in council accommodation. That D&S practically gave the sockets away to developers during the 50's and 60's was well documented at the time). I actually stocked both types of plug. Had you checked the disussion page, you would have discovered that the Wylex plug had been discussed independently of my efforts.
The D&S plug cost £3.95 at a time when standard 13 Amp plugs could be found for less than £1. The Wylex plugs (and I am having to strain my memory here) were IIRC around £2 to £2.50 a go, but I doubt we sold more than 4 or 5 a year. We sold several dozen D&S plugs a year being the only electrical store that stocked them in the area. 20.133.0.13 (talk) 13:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)